The Center for the Healing of Racism, Holocaust Museum Houston and Texas Tribal Buffalo Project invite you to an IN-PERSON presentation about a landmark project created to restore the relationship […]
Climate Solutions 101 is the world’s first major educational effort focused solely on climate solutions. Rather than rehashing well-known climate challenges, these materials from Project Drawdown concentrate on game-changing climate […]
The Center for the Healing of Racism will present Dialogue: Racism, a two-day intensive workshop that educates participants about racism and facilitates the process by which they can begin to counter the effects of racism on their lives, empowering them to interrupt the cycle of racist attitudes. The workshop provides a safe, respectful and loving atmosphere […]
A daily devotional for use during the U.N. Climate Conference in Egypt from Nov. 6 – Nov. 18 has been created. Pray for world leaders at the climate conference each day, and for ourselves, that we may all act as good stewards of God’s beloved creation. Printed copies of the devotional will be distributed on […]
You are invited to a rain barrel workshop. Join us on Sunday, November 6 to learn about the benefits of rain barrels, get one for your home/house of worship and […]
New York Times best-selling author and acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley will discuss his upcoming book, Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great […]
Climate Solutions 101 is the world’s first major educational effort focused solely on climate solutions. Rather than rehashing well-known climate challenges, these materials from Project Drawdown concentrate on game-changing climate […]
Join other peace, justice, and environmental activists for HPJC's 2022 Peacemaker celebration, reception, awards ceremony, and dinner. It features Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller as HPJC's 2022 National Peacemaker Award recipient and keynote speaker. Dr. Miller is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. His research examines how POC and poor people experience law, crime control and social welfare policy.
His first book, "Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration" is based on 15 years of research and practice with currently and formerly incarcerated men, women, their families, partners, and friends in Chicago, Detroit, and a number of cities across the United States.
He was featured in a recent PBS Newshour special, “Searching for Justice: Life After Lockup“ that focused on the difficulties that formerly incarcerated people face after they are released.
He also has a TED talk about formerly incarcerated people.
Local Peacemaker Award recipients are:
* Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi
* Dr. Peter Hotez
* Lenore Walker
* Rep. Senfronia Thompson
Advance discount dinner reservations are available now, so mare your reservations before the fees increase!
Whether celebrating in your home or your house of worship, people of all faith/spiritual traditions would like their occasions to be sustainable. Sustainability is frequently defined as fulfilling the needs […]
Climate Solutions 101 is the world’s first major educational effort focused solely on climate solutions. Rather than rehashing well-known climate challenges, these materials from Project Drawdown concentrate on game-changing climate action based on rigorous scientific research and analysis. This course, presented in video units and in-depth conversations, combines Project Drawdown’s trusted resources with the expertise […]
Climate Solutions 101 is the world’s first major educational effort focused solely on climate solutions. Rather than rehashing well-known climate challenges, these materials from Project Drawdown concentrate on game-changing climate […]
Show support and stand in solidarity with the millions of people living with and impacted by HIV. Attendees are invited to bring a small memento, photo, or item (please no food or […]
The long-awaited U.S. midterm election did not reduce the danger of global nuclear war – if anything, it increased that threat. The life-and-death issues facing the United States and the world […]
As John Muir famously wrote in 1911: “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” This expression of oneness, […]
Show support and stand in solidarity with the millions of people living with and impacted by HIV. Attendees are invited to bring a small memento, photo, or item (please no food or […]
Renowned anti-war and social justice activist Medea Benjamin talks about her new book, co-authored with Nicolas Davies, entitled "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict." She traces the […]
Renowned anti-war and social justice activist Medea Benjamin talks about her new book, co-authored with Nicolas Davies, entitled "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict." She traces the […]
Renowned anti-war and social justice activist Medea Benjamin talks about her new book, co-authored with Nicolas Davies, entitled "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict." She traces the […]
Renowned anti-war and social justice activist Medea Benjamin talks about her new book, co-authored with Nicolas Davies, entitled "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict." She traces the […]
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Everyone interested in peace and justice and sustainability is invited. Fadi's Meyerland Mediterranean Grill, 4738 Beechnut St. Houston, TX 77096. Private room. Cafeteria line ordering. Big selection with salads, hummus, […]
Faithful Resilience is a six-part weekly study on climate resilience for faith communities. The climate crisis has arrived. Faith communities must not only react, but also prepare. Over the last decade, hurricanes have intensified, wildfires have burnt stronger, and heat waves have baked our cities. These events can only be expected to get worse in […]
You are invited to join an online discussion series built around 15-minute videos featuring interviews with US faith leaders, representatives of climate-impacted communities from the global South, and presentations by UN officials and other experts. The videos walk viewers through four key climate policy issues that intersect with universal faith concerns for vulnerable and marginalized […]
The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to hear multiple faith perspectives on the relationship between people & the planet, from a justice viewpoint. A panel of speakers of […]
Faithful Resilience is a six-part weekly study on climate resilience for faith communities. The climate crisis has arrived. Faith communities must not only react, but also prepare. Over the last […]
The African American Health Coalition (AfAHC) and 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Houston, would like to cordially invite you to the inaugural State of African American Health Town Hall on Thursday, […]
On Jan 15, POST is celebrating the Lunar New Year which welcomes the Year of the Rabbit (Year of the Cat in the Vietnamese Zodiac). The celebration, which brings back […]
In partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and The Gordon Parks Foundation, the 2023 Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Observance explores the role of the media in civil rights movements past and present. Inspired by the MFAH’s current exhibition Gordon Parks: Stokely Carmichael and Black Power, panelists share their work […]
The 2023-MLK Grande Parade will be held in Midtown Houston on January 16, 2023 originating on San Jacinto Street & Elgin Street beginning @ 10A (CST). To register for the parade or to learn more visit us @ www.mlkgrandeparade.org or call 713-560-8328
The MLK Grande Parade-2023 will be held in Midtown Houston on January 16, 2023 originating on San Jacinto Street & Elgin Street beginning @10A (CST). Watch live on the CW 39-Houston from 9:30A-12P (CST). For more information log on to www.mlkgrandeparade.org
